- Fixed NPE and thread‑safety bugs in boot info, actuator configprops, and ApplicationAvailabilityBean; corrected test environment handling and configuration metadata
- Updated documentation to reflect AdoptOpenJDK migration, fixed Kafka link, and refreshed default internal proxy list
- Upgraded a wide range of dependencies (Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Jackson, Jetty, Kotlin, Lombok, Micrometer, etc.) to newer versions